The Editorial Board It’s not too often that we comment on or extensively cover national and global issues. We try to avoid covering such grand topics that may have less of an impact on Stony Brook students than a…
By Vincent Barone I know that the Carmelo Anthony deal made for a pretty cool commercial. He was born in Brooklyn; now he’s coming back to play in The Garden—I get it. Neat. And lest we forget that Melo’s first…
By Andi Liao LCD Soundsystem. A name most New Yorkers treat with utmost reverence. In a profound way, the band – James Murphy and crew – has breathed new life into what it means to be from New York. Sure,…
Jeopardy announced recently that the two greatest champions in the show’s history would face off against I.B.M. supercomputer Watson. It’s a novel idea: cross-promoting a show whose ratings have been sagging and a company whose relevance wanes with each new…
A Thinking Computer “Do I have a soul?” I type the question with a sly smile on my face, thinking that if I press the philosophy button hard enough, the artificial intelligence program will retreat. A tiny blue line flashes…
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The slow and gradual attempt of U.S. censorship towards WikiLeaks is a flagrant violation of the barest and most pure form of democracy: Freedom of the press.
The Statesman, Stony Brook University’s oldest newspaper dating back to the Oyster Bay campus in the late 1950s, is facing the biggest cut in USG funding in it’s 53 year history. The Undergraduate Student Government budget for the 2010-2011 academic…